While most e-sports game are played on PCs, the device favored by most e-sports athletes because of the precision of keyboards and mice, Vainglory is played entirely by tapping on touchscreens, a method disdained by many hard-core gamers.Read more…

The free software for iPads, iPhones and Android tablets will do most of the most essential tasks done with the computer versions of the product, whose applications include Word, Excel and PowerPoint.Read more…

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The iPad, which was always an in-between device, is under attack from all sides, especially from increasingly powerful and bigger phones.Credit Alan Diaz/Associated Press

Sometime soon, you may be able to turn your lights on with your iPhone. That, however, raises the question of what could happen if your device fell into the hands of a hacker.Credit Monica Almeida/The New York Times

In the two and a half years since Timothy D. Cook took over as Apple’s chief executive, the company’s annual revenue has grown by about 58 percent, and its profits by about 40 percent.Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Apple on Monday is set to release its first major update for iOS 7, its new operating system for iPhones and iPads. The upgrade improves reliability of the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S and adjusts the way that Siri works, among other changes and fixes. Read more…

The security hole in Apple's mobile and desktop operating systems had to do with validating the security certificates that are sent back and forth when you’re establishing a secure connection.Credit Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

While introducing new iPad tablets, Apple announced that its iWork suite, which essentially duplicates Microsoft’s Office software, would be provided to anyone who bought a new computer or mobile device.Read more…